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Reviewed by steven-leibson9 / 10

For the hard-core Trekkie, and anyone else with an affinity for Spock

Star Trek's been in my life for a week shy of 50 years at this point. I
was saddened by Leonard Nimoy's death in early 2015 both because of my
affinity for Mr. Spock and because I was able to work on a TV show for
one day with Nimoy. So when I got a chance to contribute to the making
of this movie through Kickstarter, I jumped at it. This documentary,
made with a heap of love by Nimoy's son Adam, chronicles the life of
the actor starting with his move to California in the 1940s, follows
him through his salad days in the 1950s working as an actor for no more
than two weeks at a time, and then describes his big break, diving off
the cliff into Star Trek. As the movie will tell you, Roddenberry wrote
the role of Mr. Spock specifically with Nimoy in mind. What happened
after that resulted in one of the most durable characters on both the
big and small screens, alien or no. If you followed the saga of Star
Trek for all or even part of the last half century, then you will
definitely want to see this film.

Reviewed by M_Exchange9 / 10

It's good, but it has obvious flaws.

I just left a screening that featured a Q&A with its director Adam
Nimoy. I appreciate that Adam was amazingly candid and honest about his
relationship with his father and their history together in the Q&A and
in the film. There are issues that I'm having with MY father NOW that I
would feel extremely uncomfortable about revealing to anyone, let alone
a huge audience. I also love that the film included frank and candid
remarks from Leonard Nimoy about his life and his fellow cast members.
I really wanted MORE recent interviews with Leonard. As Adam stated
during the Q&A, his father was alive for only the first few months of
the filming for this documentary. I'm sorry to state that it suffered
as a result. There was also far too much "Big Bang Theory" material. No
offense to anyone who is on that show, but I didn't really care about
their opinions. So the ten(?) minutes that is devoted to them is rather
painful.But aside from these flaws, it was a great way to spend the Star Trek
fiftieth anniversary today. Thanks, Adam.